Apparatus for enriching gas



(No Model.)

J. SEIBEL, Jr.

APPARATUS FOR ENRIGHING GAS. No. 858,413. Patented Feb. 22, 1887.

N, PETERS. Phnlu-Lilhogmphen Washinglom o. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY J. SEIBEL, JR, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR ENRICHING GAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,413, dated February 22, 1887.

Application filed October 12, 1886. Serial No. 215,985. (No model.)

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The object of the invention is to produce a gas-enriching apparatus that is adapted to be used on board of vessels, on passenger-cars,

and for street-lighting upon lamp-posts, and

house illumination generally, being applied directly to the gas-brackets, or to the supplypipes of lamp-posts,by simply unscrewing the burners therefrom and screwing upon the same, in place thereof, the carbureting vessel or reservoir.

A represents the carbureting vessel or reservoir, which may be made of any suitable form pleasing to the eye, and has secured to its base a flange, B, threaded for attachment to the supply-pipe at B, and for connection with the stand-pipe D at B"; One or more charging-tubes, B fare suitably attached to the reservoir, and removably closed by caps 13*. A casing, E, is secured to the top of the reservoir,which is provided with gas-apertures E, arms E and the usual burners, E, with regulating-cocks E The latter may be dispensed with;'bnt I give preference to their use, as itenables the number of burners in use to be controlled, which is of importance economically in the use of cluster-lights.

The casing is closed with a cap, E within which is secured a heating-pipe, F, projecting within the reservoir a short distance below the top of the same. The casing may, if desired, be formed as an integral piece simply threaded at the top, in which case the heatingpipe F would be secured to the same in two parts. The upper portion of the heating-pipe is swelled, as at F, to receive more fully the heat of the gas-flame G. The stand-pipe D terminates in the enlarged head F, just below the closed top of the same, room being given so as not to interfere with the flow of gas from the main or supply pipe.

' The operation of the device is as follows: The carbureting-vessel is charged with the sticks of naphthaline or other solid form of by drocarbon through the charging-holes B and the caps screwed tightly down upon the same. The gas is then turned on and passing up the stand-pipe D overflows the top of the same, and descends between the pipeD and heatingpipe E, impinging upon the hydrocarbon in the reservoir, has its current reversed, as shown by the arrows, and ascends between the heating-pipe F and case E to the arms E whence it reaches the burners E, which are lighted. In a short time the radiating heat from the gas- -flames G heats the head F of the pipe E, which increasing the volume of the gas forces it more rapidly down upon the hydrocarbon,which is vaporized thereby, and intermingling with the gas enriches the same, producing abright and brilliant light, the intensity of which is regulated by cocks E in the fixture, or by a cock on the main supply. (Not shown.)

I am aware of the patent to J. Livesey, No. 249,063, dated November 1, 1881, in which a carbureting-chamber is provided with a combined gas-conducting and heating pipe having a bell-shaped upper end provided with an inlet-opening for the admission of gas, said pipe extending to the bottom of the carburetingchamber, and provided with perforations for admitting the carbureted gas into said pipe, from which it is fed to the burners, said combined heating and gas-conducting tube being divided into two sections near its upper end by a plug. A tube extends from the upper section to the lower end of the lower section, and is there provided with a suitable cock for regulating the supply of gas, the gas being conveyed to the carburetingchamber by a ICO I am further aware of English Patent No. 13,228 of 1884, in which a lamp is provided With a earburetingehamber. In this patent a curved pipe extends from an inlet-opening located at the lower end of the carburet-ingchamber to a point above the latter, where it is bent, and then returned to the carburetingchamber, with which it communicates, and where it is bent in a tortuous direction, and I therefore make no claim to such construction. A serious disadvantage in employing a curved induction-pipe, as described in the above patents, is found in the fact that it is liable to become clogged and prevent the free flow of gas, and where the apparatus is used on railroads and vessels theflow of gas is interrupted by the swaying and jarring movement of the same.

Having shown my improvement, described its advantages and construction, I desire to claimter, and a hollow plug fitting in theinlet-open- 3 ing and adapted to engage the gas'bracket, substantially as set forth.

HARRY J. SEIBEL, JR.

lVitnesses:

J AMES R. KENNEY, J os. F. RODGERS. 

